Lighting device for gas-heaters.



F. E. WHITEL LIGHTING DEVICE FOR GAS HEATERS. APPLICATION FILED use. I.1.915.

1,179,255. Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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FRED E. WHITE, 0]? GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO CENTRAL OIL & GASSTOVE COMPANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIGHTING DEVICE FOR GAS-HEATERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 1, 1915. Serial No. 64,497.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED E. WHITE, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Gardner, Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Lighting Devices for Gas-Heaters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide a simple form of lighting medium forgas heaters permitting the ready and certain ignition of the gas througha conveniently located opening in the casing of the heater.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of a gas heaterembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a detailshowing the burner tube and deflector detached from the casing, andFigs. 4 and 5 show details.

As my invention relates wholly to the igniting means it is unnecessaryto describe the structure in detail as this may be of any ordinary orimproved type. The gas supply enters the casing of the stove through thepipe a, a controlling gas cook being shown at b. The burners c arecarried by the pipe (Z of any ordinary construction and it is thepurpose of my invention to provide a simple attachment to the usualconstruction which will conveniently and with certainty allow thelighting of the stove from the outside of the casing. I support on thepipe d a deflector e, and this, as shown in Fig. 3, is normallydepending from the pipe by gravity out of line with the burners. Thedeflector is of trough form as shown in Fig. 5, having an inclined endat 7* which is supported by a plate 9, shown in Fig. 4, having anopening it, encircling the gas pipe. The plate 9 has a turned over earor lug c which extends out through the slot is in the side wall of theheater and this supports an are shaped lifter Z, which has a recess m atits lower end. An opening n is formed in the wall of the heater to oneside of the normal position of the lifter Z, and this opening is in linewith the deflector when in a raised position, the inclined end of thedeflector in this position taking in the opening.

It will thus be seen that the deflector e is freely supported upon thegas pipe d, carrying the burners, and when the lifter Z is raised itwill move the plate 9 connected with the trough and will thereby liftthe trough to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5, and if the gasis on, by the turning of the key I), the first flow of gas will passalong the channel of the deflector to the inclined end and by presentinga lighted match at the open end ignition will follow to the whole seriesof burners, after which the deflector may be dropped, and it will fallby gravity to the position shown. This construction enables the use of amatch to both lift the deflector and ignite the gas and in doing thisthe operator ignites the match and then puts the end of it in the recessm, lifting the lifter Z and thereby the deflector e to the position ofthe dotted lines Fig. 5, which will bring the lighted end of the matchdirectly in line with the hole at and ignition will immediately follow.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a stove, a gas burner within the stove, said stovehaving an opening in the Wall thereof adjacent said burner, an ignitingdevice comprising a deflector, pivotal means for supporting saiddeflector, and a lifter connected to the deflector and adapted toelevate the same in line with the opening through which the gas may beignited, substantially as described.

The combination with a stove and a gas burner within the stove, saidstove having an opening in the wall thereof adjacent said burner, of anigniting device comprising a deflector, pivotal means for supporting thesame, and a lifter for the deflector external to the stove and adaptedto receive the end of a lighted match to elevate the deflector in linewith the said opening, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a stove and a gas burner within the stove, saidstove having an opening in the wall thereof adjacent said burner, of anigniting device comprising a deflector of trough form within the stovehaving an inclined end, and a lifter for said deflector external of thestove having a recessed end to receive the end of a match, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED E. WHITE.

Witnesses:

I. L. SIMnNsoN, WILLIAM W. YTANDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 01' Patents.

Washington, D. G.

